These past 11 months I was in a relationship with a girlfriend who was an absolute foodie. I picked up some bad eating habits but it's certainly my fault as well. I'm not blaming her for the weight gain as at the end of the day I made the choices to stuff myself constantly, with or without her. Anyway, we broke up (mutual and as amicable as possible) as of last week and in the week I've been single, I can already feel a difference just by eating right and exercising. I went from 180 to 219 over 11 months... probably tipped over 220 at some point but I was too scared to look after I saw 219. I weighed in at 212 this past Monday and will weigh myself tomorrow for my weekly check-in. I had a pretty good week although I did treat myself to a "break up pizza" on Tuesday which I spread over 3 days. (4 slices Tuesday dinner, 2 slices Wednesday lunch, last 2 slices Thursday lunch). Obviously not doing that every week and made an exception as a treat (I love pizza like you wouldn't believe, lol, so this will be the hardest sacrifice -- I'll still treat myself to appropriate portions going forward though, but definitely can't be ordering it once a week/every 10 days like I did in months past...)
I can't wait to see the progress I make. I know it's not going to be overnight and I likely won't see semi-drastic results until mid September or so (i.e. a month from now). I'll probably be losing weight into January 2019 because I have 30+ pounds to drop. Taking the mindset of slow and steady but watching my calories too. I want to get to 165. I'm about 5'6" and a half. I've always been a bigger person. I got down to 172.7 at my peak in 2016 but relaxed, treated myself to a cheat day that became a cheat week and before I knew it, I was back in the 180s. I just could never seem to get under that 170 mark. But I'm determined this time once and for all. But first, I need to get back under the 200 pound mark.
Wish me luck! I know this is a marathon, not a sprint, and you can't do it on willpower alone because of decision fatigue. It's gotta be habits! I've been watching tons of health-related videos on YouTube to get behind the science of weight loss or just plain motivational videos about losing weight -- shout out to Matt Cama! His videos are always inspirational.
So, anyone else went on a lifestyle change/diet post break up? How did it go?
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